Cushion heel



April 1, 1924. 1,488,739

I W. P. COSPER CUSHION HEEL Filed Nov. 21, 1921 INVENTOR.

I Y/Lu/l/v' I? CoJPEA ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr,

WILLWE P. tJQSPER, F EULWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGEEOE NET-MAT-IK RUBBER; HEEL @QSZEEANY, @F GIEKCAGG, IIMNOIS, A COBPORA'EKQN GE WISGONSIN.

CUSHIUN HEEL.

Application filed it'oveznber 21, 192-1. Serial No. mecca.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, WILLrAM P. Cosrnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented a certain neir and useful improvement in Cushion Heels, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

forming a part of this specification v This invention relates to cushion heelsJ It has been found that boots and shoes, as ordinarily constructed with heels of standard forms, do not offer suficient or proper support for the arch of the foot. This fact is recognized by leading orthopedic experts. The general purpose of the present invention is the correction of this deficiency by the provision of an appliance for external application to a boot or shoe and constructed to afi'ord an additional arch support.

Another more specific object is the 1pmvision of a cushion heel having a resi 'ent or yieldable portion adapted to yieldably support the shank of the boot or shoe.

Other objects and advantages will later ap ear. 4

ne embodiment of this invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: V

Figure 1 is a sectional view of a cushion "heel constructed in accordance with the pres ent invention and shown applied to a shoe of standard form.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the heel of Figure 1.

The heel selected for illustration comrises a body portion 10 having a tread surace 11, and suitably perforated, as at 12, to to receive the nails 13 by which it is secured, in the usual manner, to the half-heel 14 ofthe shoe 15. To increase its cushioning qualities, the heel is preferably provided with. a protuberance 16, extending beneath to the plane of the tread surface, and with a chamber 17 in the upper portion of the heel to permit the rotuberance to yield under the weight of t e wearer.

The body portion 10 is of the usual conto tour corresponding to the shape of the halfheel 14s and is provided with a forwardly extended portion 18 for engagement with and constituting a support for the shank 1% of the shoe. The portion 18 is preferably ofa' resilient material and is constructed to extend preferably beneath the plane oi the tread surface 11. so that it may assume and sustain art of the weight of the wearer.- To this end: the extension 18 of the heel shown-is provided with a pair of laterally spaced protuberances 2O projecting beneath the tread surface, and a pair of corresponding chambers 21' above the protuberances permitting the protuberances to yield under pressure.

Thus it will be seen that a device has been provided by which the arch is efi'ectivel but yieldably supported. It has been foun that the use of a heel, such as that described, 7. adds materially to the ease and comfort of 7a the wearer.

Various changes may be made in the embodiment of the invention hereinabove specifically described, without departing from or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as defined in the appended claims. Y

I claim:

1. A rubber or composition heel having an inte ral arch support for positioning beneath t e rear portion only of a shoe shank, and vertically resilient means on said arch support projecting beneath the plane of the tread surface of the heel for producing an upward pressure upon the'shank under the 35 weight of the wearer.

2.,A rubber or composition heel having an inte ral arch'support comprising a laterally rei iuced forwardly extending portion for positioning beneath the rear portion 99 only of a shoe shank, and laterally disposed vertically resilient means on said arch support projecting beneath the plane of the tread surface of the heel for producing an upward pressure upon the shank under the weight 0 the wearer.

3. YA rubber or composition heel having a relatively narrow, laterally extended arch support formed inte ral therewith, for engagement beneath a s cc shank immediately ioo adjacent the heel and laterally disposed resilient pressure exerting means on said arch support projecting beneath the plane of the pluralityoflaterally disposed vertically re silient members on said arch support projecting beneath the tread surface of the heel. In witness whereof, hereunto subscribe my name this 19th day of November, 1921.

\VILLIAM P. COSPER. 

